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Questions tagged [recovery-mode]

Questions about using and getting tasks done with the command line recovery mode.

In case a system fails to boot for some reason, recovery mode can be used to boot into the system (sometimes a quicker alternative to using a CD/DVD etc. for recovery operations). This mode just loads some basic services and gives a command line mode and tasks can/will be done as root (the superuser). System repair can be done using command line tools.

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How to exit the recovery console?

I was having problems with Ubuntu 11.04 freezing up with Firefox, then it was freezing up with other applications as well. At login I tried Recovery Console and now I can't get out of it. Ubuntu 11.04 is installed on my desktop which is an Acer…
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Will I lose data in recovery mode?

I search everywhere if I will lose data in recovery mode so will I? I looked everywhere even in ask ubuntu and found nothing helpful.
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How can I recover from a failed hibernation wake up

I am trying to login after a failed a hibernation (my computer just hangs there) Now I can not get into the system. When I try to login, it tells me I am in emergecy mode, and I need to login as root. After I do that, I don't know what to do…
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Can't access recovery mode by holding shift

I have Xubuntu 14.04 and I cannot access recovery mode via holding down the SHIFT key. I read almost everywhere that this is how you do it. Does that work for Xubuntu as well or just Ubuntu? The reason this is needed is because I somehow lost sudo…
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running a command in recovery then rebooting back into recovery

Is there a way to run a command in recovery (that changes something in recovery) then reboot back directly into recovery ( now with the change I made) Note that this is not a duplicate as I am NOT asking how to exit from recovery, but how to reboot…
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Can't get into recovery mode using Shift Key... alternatives?

Ubuntu 13.04 via Parallels 9. Fresh install yesterday. This morning Ubuntu tried auto-update and now GNOME won't work... black screen... but if you blindly click around and find the terminal, it will accept and run commands, but you cannot…
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Blinking Cursor After "Enable Networking" in Recovery Mode and unable to do anything else.

After hitting "Yes" on "Do you wish to continue?" I get fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: clean, 166400/2444624 files, 906859/9765755 blocks With a blinking cursor on the line below it. From here, the only thing I can do is power off and…
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Recovery mode - nothing is done

I'm very new in Ubuntu, so any help will be appreciated. I've tried to enter to Recovery mode and to fix my files system. I got the message below: Continuing will remount your / filesystem in read/write mode and mount any other filesystem…
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Ubuntu boot menu options

Possible Duplicate: How do I boot into recovery mode? how to get the boot menu option where you can choose the recovery or the latest version of kernel? it helped me in the past to boot into a recovery mode if things went wrong!
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Problem with Grub Recovery Menu on Xubuntu 18.04.2

This is a duplicate of: fsck e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting because I can not comment there and it is obvious to me that people marking this as duplicate and the one's responding didn't really read/understand what the problem is. On a fresh…
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how to return to the recovery mode menu from shell

After dropping to root shell from recovery mode how to return to the recovery mode menu? I have only wifi connection and I do not know what Repair broken packeges menu entry does so I want to drop to shell and connect to my router then come back to…
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Accessing Recovery Mode

How do I access the recovery mode in Ubuntu 18.04? I don't see any form of grub bootloader when the system boots - it just goes straight into the OS.
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How to exit recovery console?

Possible Duplicate: How to exit the recovery console? I upgraded my Ubuntu to 11.10 two days ago and by accident I started on recovery console mode and now I cannot get out of it. I tried reboot and enter and it said: need to be root. How can I…
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I can run ubuntu in recovery mode fine, but when I run in normal mode it hangs

Why does ubuntu hang in normal mode but runs fine in recovery mode ?
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Ubuntu does not display after I changed 20-intel.conf file

I wanted to change something regarding brightness control. I changed the 20-intel.conf. I added a few lines of code to it. After that Ubuntu is not displaying, it goes blank after boot. I also tried going into recovery mode with the enable…
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